Akeyless

Akeyless is a Secrets Orchestration Platform, protecting and managing credentials, certificates and keys used by machines, applications and DevOps teams, in both hybrid and multi-cloud environments. It offers Secrets Management with extensions that provide Secure Remote Access and Data Protection.

Apiiro ASPM

Apiiro is an Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) platform, unifying risk visibility, prioritization, and remediation actions across the Software Supply Chain - from Design to Code to Cloud.

ArkanSec

ArkanSec is NWA's hacker, InfoSec, and cybersecurity community. We look for creative ways to share information and experience with anyone interested in learning more about technology.  Students, professionals, and hobbyists alike are encouraged to join us as we build a community dedicated to improving privacy, stability, and security.

AuditBoard

AuditBoard offers a Connected Risk Platform that allows organizations to work seamlessly across IT Compliance, Risk, ESG, and Audit to have a comprehensive understanding of Risk.

Work Smarter. Surface More Risk.

Autharva

Autharva automates human and nonhuman identity security operations for non-SaaS enterprise systems using Agentic AI.

Belkin International

Belkin Cybersecurity has been providing secure solutions to the Federal Government since 2006. They are used in the US Army, Navy, Air Force, and Space Force. Our Cybersecurity solutions are also used by our 3-letter intelligence agencies.

BishopFox

Bishop Fox is an offensive security firm focused on penetration testing, red teaming, and attack surface management. Established in 2005, it helps organizations identify and address vulnerabilities through technical expertise and security research.

BrightBooths

Join BrightBooths at the Sp4rkCon 360 Degree Photo booth to capture the fun you are having at Sp4rkCon. Everyone is welcome to stop by and snag videos. The captivating slo-motion and reverse effects will have you feeling like celebrities. The photo booth can capture slo-mo videos, GIFs and boomerangs from every angle.   

Caysoft

Cayosoft Inc., a global independent software vendor, delivers innovative products that help organizations manage and protect their Microsoft infrastructures everywhere, from on-premises, to hybrid, to the cloud.  Applying deep expertise in IT operations and a focus on delivering practical new functionality, Cayosoft helps customers worldwide remove barriers to adoption of modern infrastructure. Cayosoft’s solutions secure, simplify, automate and control Active Directory, Exchange on-premises, Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, Azure Active Directory, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams.

Censys

Censys provides unmatched attack surface management and threat intelligence, offering real-time asset discovery, continuous monitoring, and superior data quality. Backed by top security experts, Censys helps organizations mitigate risks and stay ahead of threats.

Cisco

The security division of Cisco Systems provides a host of security platforms and solutions, many of which Walmart leverages today. Cisco systems is aggressively investing in technologies that secure the rapidly expanding AI space, and in consolidation and cost savings strategies. As one of your top tier technology vendors, we would like to share where these technologies are today and their direction in the future.

Claroty

Claroty empowers industrial, healthcare, commercial, and public sector organizations to secure all cyber-physical systems in their environments: the Extended Internet of Things (XIoT). The company’s unified platform integrates with customers’ existing infrastructure to provide a full range of controls for visibility, risk and vulnerability management, network protection, threat detection, and secure remote access. Backed by the world’s largest investment firms and industrial automation vendors, Claroty is deployed by hundreds of organizations at thousands of sites globally. The company is headquartered in New York City and has a presence in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America.

CloudBees

CloudBees provides enterprise DevOps solutions, specializing in Jenkins automation server support and commercial distributions. They offer tools for continuous integration, continuous delivery, and release orchestration, helping large organizations automate and secure their software development pipelines at scale.

CMDCTRL

CMD+CTRL Security is a pioneer in software security training. For over two decades, organizations of all sizes, from mid-sized to Global 100 companies, have relied on our training solutions to make software secure wherever it runs. Our comprehensive suite of role-based modules, skill labs and hands-on cyber ranges are purpose-built to deliver security expertise to all software stakeholders -- from developers to architects to the C-suite – to eliminate skills gaps, mitigate risk, achieve compliance, and drive productivity. Visit cmdnctrlsecurity.com to learn how we can help you launch a best-in-class training program.

CompTIA

The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is a leading voice and advocate for the global information technology ecosystem. Through education, training, certifications, philanthropy and market research, CompTIA promotes industry growth; the development of a highly-skilled workforce and a commitment to creating an environment where innovation happens and the opportunities and benefits made possible through technology are available to all.

Concentric

At Concentric.ai, we provide an advanced artificial intelligence platform that helps businesses automatically identify, manage, and protect sensitive data across their systems. Using cutting-edge machine learning and natural language processing technologies, our platform delivers real-time insights into where sensitive information resides, how it is being used, and who has access to it—ensuring that businesses can effectively safeguard their most valuable assets.

We specialize in detecting and managing critical data, such as personally identifiable information (PII), financial data, intellectual property, and other confidential materials. Concentric.ai scans data stored across emails, documents, cloud storage, and other enterprise systems to identify risks, compliance violations, and potential vulnerabilities. Our platform empowers security teams with actionable insights, enabling them to proactively address data protection challenges and automate data governance processes.

Consortium

Consortium Networks is the trusted Cyber Concierge, helping our clients solve their toughest cybersecurity problems. By connecting technology customers, vendors, and experts, we strive to be the go-to resource for guidance regarding all your IT requirements. We are the first organization dedicated to providing real-world feedback and data on solutions in operations, production environments, and peer organizations. Consortium Networks is a business built on Trust, Integrity, Collaboration and Altruism. We have high ethical standards, and we infuse these values into every aspect of our company. Whether we are serving a client, partner or fellow employee, we will always lead with our values and strive to do the right thing.

Corelight

At Corelight, we believe the best approach to cybersecurity risk starts with network evidence. This evidence helps elite defenders increase visibility, unlock powerful analytics, accelerate investigations, and level up threat hunting. Our Open Network Detection and Response Platform is the fastest-growing in the industry, and the only one powered by open source and GenAI. We protect some of the most sensitive, mission-critical enterprises and government agencies in the world. Corelighters are proud of our diversity of background and thought, and we’re united by our strong shared culture and the values we live by every day (just meet us, and you’ll see).

CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike's mission is to stop breaches. We use a deep understanding of the threat landscape to build a platform that protects organizations from breaches and business disruption. 

Cyberhaven

Cyberhaven is an AI-powered data security company transforming insider threat detection. Using data lineage, Cyberhaven understands and protects data across an organization, identifying risks and taking action beyond traditional monitoring.

CyberHogs 

CyberHogs Cybersecurity Club is dedicated to cybersecurity outreach and student development at the University of Arkansas through their workshops, industry speaker events, research, and their annual CTF event RazorHack which debut in November 2023.

CyberProof a UST Company

CyberProof delivers better security operations and drives superior experiences for enterprise customers. Our cloud-first, AI-powered approach to security, delivers industry-leading security services to drive real business results. We believe that working closely with our customers and partners through a better security, together services model, jointly empowers us to defend against the greatest of threats.

Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency CISA

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is a component of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). CISA leads the national effort to understand, manage, and reduce risk to the cyber and physical infrastructure that Americans rely on every hour of every day. Our mission expands across three primary areas: cybersecurity, infrastructure security, and emergency communications.

As the National Coordinator for Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, CISA is at the heart of mobilizing a collective defense to understand and manage risk to our critical infrastructure. Our partners in this mission span the public and private sectors. We connect our stakeholders in industry and government to each other and to resources, analyses, and tools to help them build their own cyber, communications, and physical security and resilience, in turn helping to ensure a secure and resilient infrastructure for the American people. 

Cyderes

Based in Rogers Arkansas, XCISO Walmart Kerry Kilker is our CISO. We help clients with Cyber security needs through products and services.

Cyolo

Cyolo is a cybersecurity leader offering innovative access solutions for all environments. Focused on security, agility & user experience, Cyolo empowers operations, productivity & compliance with its CyoloPRO (Privileged Remote Operations) solution.

Datadog

Datadog is a cloud native security and observability platform that helps organizations identify, resolve and remediate issues / vulnerabilities across any compute platform or application. There are numerous teams within Walmart who use Datadog today. 

Delinea

Delinea makes you more secure by centralizing authorization to govern those interactions seamlessly. Delinea is pioneering how organizations apply context and intelligence throughout the identity lifecycle across cloud and traditional infrastructure, data, and SaaS applications to eliminate identity-related threats.

Entrust

Entrust is an innovative leader in identity-centric security solutions, providing an integrated platform of scalable, AI-enabled security offerings. We enable organizations to safeguard their operations, evolve without compromise, and protect their interactions in an interconnected world – so they can transform their businesses with confidence. Entrust supports customers in 150+ countries and works with a global partner

network. We are trusted by the world’s most trusted organizations.

eSCO

eSCO is an enterprise scale circular economy partner in e-waste. We support organizations in sustainability initiatives, material recovery, and physical data security. Our goal is to divert 10,000,000 lbs or more of e-waste from landfills in 2025.

Everfox

Everfox, formerly Forcepoint Federal, has been defending the world's most critical data and networks against the most complex cyber threats imaginable for more than 25 years. While the #Everfox name and brand are new, our dedication is not.

Few

Few is an award-winning agency that has been investing in the future of digital products since 2014. Few was an early adopter of the web and mobile technologies that have since become industry standards. Few helps their clients build creative and practical solutions for mobile and the web from concept to scale. Services include digital product strategy, UX/UI design, custom web and mobile app development, and go-to-market strategies for digital products. Few believes in the power of technology to enhance the human experience. 

Firemon

FireMon delivers industry-leading security policy management, cloud security, and asset management solutions. We are the only real-time solution that reduces security policy-related risks, manages/streamlines policy changes, and enforces compliance.

Forcepoint

Forcepoint is the leading user and data security cybersecurity company, entrusted to safeguard organizations while driving digital transformation and growth. Our solutions adapt in real-time to how people interact with data, providing secure access while enabling employees to create value. Our portfolio includes DLP, Insider Threat, SASE, Web Security, Email Security, UEBA, CASB, Network Security, Cloud Security, Remote Browser Isolation, Data Classification, Zero Trust, Content Disarm & Reconstruction, and SaaS based Data Protection and Visibility solutions.

Forge Institute

Forge Institute is the Nation’s leader in advancing cyber capabilities through innovative partnerships across the public and private sectors. Our mantra, “Forever One Step Ahead,” is our reminder to remain vigilant, updated, and innovative against an enemy that seeks nothing less than the permanent disruption of our way of life.

Fortinet

Fortinet provides cybersecurity solutions, such as physical firewalls, antivirus software, intrusion prevention systems, endpoint security components, as well as networking solutions with SDWAN, Switches and wireless access points. Specifically, we provide firewalls and SDWAN solutions to Walmart.

Gigamon

Gigamon offers a deep observability pipeline that harnesses actionable network-level intelligence to amplify the power of observability tools. This powerful combination enables IT organizations to assure security and compliance governance, speed root-cause analysis of performance bottlenecks, and lower operational overhead associated with managing hybrid and multi-cloud IT infrastructures. The result: modern enterprises realize the full transformational promise of the cloud. Gigamon serves more than 4,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of Fortune 100 enterprises, nine of the 10 largest mobile network providers, and hundreds of governments and educational organizations worldwide. To learn more, please visit gigamon.com.

Google Cloud

Make Google part of your security team with Mandiant frontline experts, intel-driven security operations, and cloud security—supercharged by AI.

GuidePoint Security

GuidePoint Security was founded in 2011 to address the wide-ranging cybersecurity challenges facing enterprise and government organizations. Our team of security practitioners leverages deep expertise to assess an organization’s risk, align and optimize resources, and make best-fit security technology recommendations based on a rigorous vetting process.

HackNWA

Cyber Humanitarianism is achieved through community engagement, education, and exercise. Meaningful real-world engagements help to convey the scope of different hacking concepts. HackNWA has produced a variety of educational training materials from one-hour presentations to eight-hour trainings and live fire ranges focused on cyber security subjects from Montreal to Haiti to San Francisco and many placed between. Exercises applying educational results is the necessary experience which allows successive building up of skills for the workforce which contributes towards lowering the security poverty line and improves our overall civil cyber defense.

Hair On Fire

Hair On Fire provides Remote Support, On-site Repair, Network Cabling, Digital Security.  Well-supported technology means you have more energy for all other aspects of your business. Experience the full support of an IT Department at your fingertips!

Horizon3.ai

Horizon3.ai is an autonomous pentesting platform that provides customers a view of their environment through the eyes of an attacker. Horizon3 helps organizations understand where they are truly exploitable, the associated business impact and the most efficient options for remediation.

HUMAN Security

HUMAN Security protects enterprises from bots, fraud, and account abuse. Verifying 20T+ interactions weekly, we stop cyber threats across ads, apps, and accounts. Trusted worldwide, HUMAN ensures the digital experience stays secure—and, most importantly, human.

IBM Security

The IBM Security booth will plan to showcase the emerging tech that IBM has been doing in the security space, specifically with automation and AI and on topics such as quantum safe. We will highlight work we are doing with Walmart that other teams may be interested in replicating.

Immersive Learning

Immersive Learning hosts teams conversational AI, VR, AR, and games. Stop by and we'd love to show off our latest offerings with hands on immersive learning experiences.

Infragard

Infragard Arkansas Members Alliance (IAMA) is a non-profit organization founded and supported by FBI to help to increase security for company and organizations working in the critical infrastructure.

Intel 471

Intel 471 empowers enterprises, government agencies, and other organizations to win the cybersecurity war using the real-time insights about adversaries, their relationships, threat patterns, and imminent attacks relevant to their businesses.

IriusRisk

We make secure design the standard, scalable practice for all digital teams. IriusRisk makes secure design fast, reliable and accessible, even to non-security users, thanks to our automated and AI-augmented Threat Modeling Solution.

ISC2 Arkansas Chapter

(ISC)2 Arkansas Chapter is the first official chapter in the state of Arkansas. The chapter was founded on September 27th, 2022, and currently has 160 members. The chapter mission statement is "To be the cybersecurity center for the state of Arkansas, where both active aspiring security professionals can gather to support and learn from one another."

John Brown University

JBU is Arkansas' top-ranked university (the Wall Street Journal) and among the top-10 regional universities in the South (U.S. News & World Report). JBU enrolls more than 2,200 students from 37 states and 48 countries in its in-person and online undergraduate and graduate programs.

KPMG

KPMG has experience across the continuum—from the boardroom to the data center. In addition to assessing your cyber security and aligning it to your business priorities, we can help you develop advanced approaches, implement them, monitor ongoing risks and help you respond effectively to cyber incidents. So no matter where you are on the cyber security journey, KPMG can help you reach the destination.

Linx

The Linx Identity Security platform enables identity, security, and IT ops teams to finally control the whole identity lifecycle. A radical departure from legacy identity security solutions, Linx untangles the complex, ever-evolving web of identity security. Integrating smoothly with your IAM stack, Linx pulls together all your organization's identity data - organizing it neatly to reveal the hidden links between your employees, their digital identities, and the apps, software, platforms, and programs they have access to. Enabling you to continuously reduce your identity attack surface and swiftly close gaps in compliance.

LockSport Village

Want to tinker with locks and the tools like you have seen in movies featuring spies, secret agents and cat burglars? Locksport is the sport or recreation of defeating locking systems. Its enthusiasts learn a variety of skills including lock picking, lock bumping, and a variety of other skills traditionally known only to locksmiths and other security professionals.  
 
The Lock Picking Lab area is where you can learn about how locks work, techniques used to exploit them, and have a chance to practice your skills. You'll gain a stronger knowledge about methods and practices for protecting physical property. 

Loom Security

Loom Security is forward thinking security solutions provider that specializes in providing innovative solutions tailored to Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), AI Security, Application Security, Data Security, and Zero Trust - Identity Security.  We focus on simplifying complex security challenges by delivering actionable outcomes that align closely with business needs. 

Missouri State University

Missouri State University offers the following master’s programs in the College of Business: Master of Business Administration (MBA), MS-Cybersecurity, Master of Health Administration (MHA), Master of Accountancy (MAcc), MS-Information Technology and Master of Project Management (MPM). Starting fall 2024, we are offering a new program the STEM MBA! Many of these programs are available 100% online. MSU offers a great value based on our quality education through the AACSB accreditation paired with our affordability.

Mitre

MITRE is a nonprofit that operates federally funded research and development centers, tackling complex problems in defense, cybersecurity, healthcare, and beyond, providing objective guidance and solutions for government and industry.

Motorola

Motorola Solutions currently provides Walmart with radios and other technologies to make retail safer and better. 

At Motorola Solutions, we build and connect safety and security technologies in our never-ending pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Because we’re all at our best when we feel safe.

Netskope

Netskope, a global SASE leader, helps organizations apply zero trust principles and AI/ML innovations to protect data and defend against cyber threats. The Netskope platform provides optimized access and real-time security for people, devices, and data anywhere they go. Learn how Netskope helps customers be ready for anything on their SASE journey, visit netskope.com. 

NorthWest Arkansas Community College 

NWACC (The NorthWest Arkansas Community College) Center for Cyber Security strives to improve and develop curriculum to increase the number of information assurance and security professionals in the workforce, improve the skills of existing professionals, improve diversity among information assurance and security professionals, and advance the knowledge and practice of information assurance and cyber security.

ON2IT - Zero Trust Experts

ON2IT is a global cybersecurity service provider for 20 years. We offer worldwide managed cybersecurity services for organizations with complex and dynamic IT infrastructures. Our managed services are modular, scalable, and cost-effective, and always based on Zero Trust. We were one of the first to embrace the Zero Trust philosophy and have actively contributed to its development from the start.

Online Business Systems

Online's Risk, Security, and Privacy (RSP) practice offers services and solutions to address the full lifecycle of information security and risk management needs. We strive to deliver right-sized security for our Clients by creating and managing cost-efficient and risk-effective information security programs that are aligned with their unique needs and risk appetite.

Optiv

We work alongside clients to manage cyber risk and equip them with perspectives and programs to accelerate business progress. Our real-world experience, deep vertical expertise and diverse teams enable us to face any challenge with confidence. We put you at the center of our unmatched ecosystem of people, products, partners and programs to design and implement agile solutions. Our adaptive approach continually assesses risk in the context of cyber and broader objectives to secure today’s business and fortify it for the future. At Optiv, we manage cyber risk so you can secure your full potential.

Palo Alto Networks

The vision for Palo Alto Networks is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, continually delivers innovation to enable secure digital transformation—even as the pace of change is accelerating. Our mission is to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. Every day, Palo Alto Networks provides the visibility, trusted intelligence, automation and flexibility that help complex organizations advance securely.

Permiso

Permiso protects all identities with comprehensive security against credential compromise, account takeover, and insider risks. Our solution provides unified visibility across authentication boundaries, eliminating fragmented cloud security.

Phosphorus

The Phosphorus Unified xIoT Security Management Platform reduces risk and prevent threats by discovering, remediating, monitoring, and managing every IoT, OT, and IoMT Cyber-Physical System at scale. Through patented Intelligent Active Discovery, the platform provides the accurate, safe, and rapid discovery of all xIoT devices. Phosphorus delivers near real-time risk assessment and automates the remediation of the most significant cyber-physical system vulnerabilities — including inaccurate asset inventory, default credentials, insecure configurations, out-of-date certificates, firmware, and more. All without hardware, agents, or hassles.

Proofpoint

Proofpoint, Inc. is a leading cybersecurity and compliance company that protects organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: their people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including 85 percent of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions that mitigate their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web. More information is available at www.proofpoint.com.

Qualys

Qualys is a pioneer and leading provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions that help organizations consolidate their security and compliance solutions and build security into digital transformation initiatives globally. 

ReversingLabs

ReversingLabs is the trusted authority in software and file security to verify and deliver safe binaries. With the largest Threat Repository in the industry with over 35 billion files, the Fortune 500 trusts their software supply chain security and malware analysis with ReversingLabs.

RGP

RGP is a global consulting firm focused on project execution services that power clients’ operational needs and change initiatives utilizing on-demand, experienced and diverse talent. As a next-generation human capital partner for our clients, we specialize in co-delivery of enterprise initiatives typically precipitated by business transformation, strategic transactions or regulatory change.

Our unique approach to workforce strategy strongly positions us to help our clients transform their businesses and workplaces, especially at a time when high-quality talent is increasingly scarce and leaders are increasingly adopting more flexible workforce models to execute transformational projects.

Rubrik

Rubrik is Data Security company with a mission of helping our customers secure, access the security posture and recover their data in the event of operational, natural or cyber-related incidents. 

Sailpoint

Sailpoint’s mission is to equip every enterprise to effortlessly manage and secure access to applications and data through the lens of identity - at any speed, at any scale. SailPoint was founded in 2005 to deliver innovative solutions that address some of the world’s most dynamic security issues. That passion and commitment for solving our customers’ pressing security and identity challenges guide us to this day.

We believe enterprise security starts and ends with identities. As the first in the industry to harness the power of AI and machine learning, SailPoint automates and streamlines the complexity of delivering the right access to the right identities at the right time. Underpinned by an intelligent, unified platform that manages and secures real-time access to critical data and applications for every enterprise identity.

Security Innovation

Organizations across the globe rely on assessment and training solutions from Security Innovation to secure software wherever it runs. Our solutions combine interactive modules, scenario-based labs, and hands-on cyber ranges to build skills that stick.

Semgrep

Semgrep is pioneering build time security that focuses on the developer experience and where security is not the gatekeeper. Semgrep performs (SAST, SCA, Secrets) scans: before the build process, directly in CI/CD, at commit time, and in IDE. 

SentinelOne

SentinelOne (NYSE:S) is the world’s most advanced, autonomous AI-powered cybersecurity platform. Built on the first unified Data Lake, SentinelOne empowers the world to run securely by creating intelligent, data-driven systems that think for themselves, stay ahead of complexity and risk, and evolve on their own. Leading organizations—including Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and Global 2000 companies, as well as prominent governments—all trust SentinelOne to Secure Tomorrow™. 

Seraphic Security

Seraphic Security offers enterprise-grade browser security designed to protect users from a wide range of web-based threats. Our innovative solution integrates seamlessly into any browser, ensuring that your online activities remain secure without compromising user experience. By creating an abstraction layer between external code and the browser engine, Seraphic Security provides robust protection for sensitive data, including session tokens, from potential attacks such as cross-site scripting (XSS) and packet sniffing.

ServiceNow

ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) leverages AI to drive innovation and help customers transform across industries. Our AI platform connects people, processes, data, and devices to boost productivity and business outcomes. Learn more at www.servicenow.com.

SimSpace

SimSpace is the leading provider of high-fidelity cyber ranges, offering tailored, immersive environments that help organizations strengthen their cybersecurity defenses. By emulating real-world operational environments and adversarial tactics, SimSpace enables cybersecurity professionals to train, test, and improve their skills in scenarios that leverage real-world threats. With advanced capabilities to replicate specific infrastructures, including the full adversary kill chain, SimSpace empowers defenders to protect their organizations against the most sophisticated cyber threats. Trusted by governments, enterprises, and military organizations, SimSpace delivers hands-on training and comprehensive analytics that enhance cybersecurity readiness. For more information, visit https://simspace.com/.

Sp4rkCon Capture the Flag

A Sp4rkCon capture the flag (CTF) event presented by Walmart and ArkanSec. 

Splunk

Our purpose is to build a safer and more resilient digital world. Every day, we live this purpose by helping security, IT and DevOps teams keep their organizations securely up and running. When organizations have resilient digital systems, they can adapt, innovate and deliver for their customers.

SUSE

SUSE is a global leader in innovative, reliable and secure enterprise open source solutions. More than 60% of the Fortune 500 rely on SUSE to power their mission-critical workloads, enabling them to innovate everywhere – from the data center to the cloud, to the edge and beyond. SUSE edge solutions deliver consistency, performance, reliability, security and the highest standards of support – all of which are vitally important elements in edge computing environments. Bring data center level of security to every device, wherever it is located, with the combination of an immutable OS, a lightweight Kubernetes binary and unified application of security practices. 

Tenable

Tenable® is the exposure management company, exposing and closing the cybersecurity gaps that erode business value, reputation and trust. The company’s AI-powered exposure management platform radically unifies security visibility, insight and action across the attack surface, equipping modern organizations to protect against attacks from IT infrastructure to cloud environments to critical infrastructure and everywhere in between. By protecting enterprises from security exposure, Tenable reduces business risk for approximately 44,000 customers around the globe. Learn more at tenable.com. 

Thales

Thales is the global leader in data protection, providing everything an organization needs to discover, protect and secure access to their most sensitive data in a digital zero trust world – through advanced encryption, key management, tokenization, authentication and access management solutions. Whether it’s securing the cloud, digital payments, blockchain or the Internet of Things, security professionals around the globe rely on Thales to confidently accelerate their organization’s digital transformation.

Training Camp

We built our training and certification programs from the ground up utilizing accelerated learning techniques that maximize learner retention while minimizing time-to-certification. Our instructors are trained to identify each student’s learning style and utilize varied teaching and assessment techniques that deliver a student-centric learning approach.

Trend Micro

Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity leader, helps make the world safe for exchanging digital information across enterprises, governments, and consumers.

Fueled by decades of security expertise, global threat research, and continuous innovation, Trend harnesses the power of AI to protect over 500,000 organizations and millions of individuals across clouds, networks, devices, and endpoints. Trend Vision One™ is the only enterprise cybersecurity platform that centralizes cyber risk exposure management, security operations, and robust layered protection across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.

Trend’s global threat research team delivers unparalleled intelligence and insights that power the platform and help protect organizations around the world from hundreds of millions of threats daily.

University of Tulsa Cyber Fellows

Cyber Fellows is a Ph.D. opportunity. Students engage with interdisciplinary faculty from computer science, engineering, economics, law, business, and psychology, accelerating research & development across cyber, data science, and machine learning.

UST

Since 1999, UST has worked side by side with the world's best companies to make a powerful impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people, and led by our purpose, we partner with our clients from design to operation. Our digital solutions, proprietary platforms, engineering expertise, and innovation ecosystem turn core challenges into impactful, disruptive solutions. With deep industry knowledge and a future-ready mindset, we infuse innovation and agility into our clients' organizations—delivering measurable value and positive lasting change for them, their customers, and communities around the world. Together, with 30,000+ employees in 30+ countries, we build for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at www.UST.com.

Vanguard

Founded in 1986 to help customers safeguard mission-critical applications and data, Vanguard Integrity Professionals is the largest independent provider of enterprise security software for addressing complex security and regulatory compliance challenges. Vanguard continuously drives innovation in security software, technology, and training to stay ahead of evolving regulatory requirements and an ever-changing threatscape. Led by some of the most knowledgeable minds in the cybersecurity industry, our security solutions lead the industry. Vanguard products are developed and supported in the U.S.A. to the highest standards of quality. 

The Vanguard Executive & Innovation Team is comprised of visionaries, cybersecurity experts, and seasoned global executives with diverse backgrounds from the United States Military and industry leading Fortune 500 companies.

Venafi, a CyberArk company

Machine Identities

Machine identities include workloads, applications, APIs, SSH keys, AI workloads, and other non-human identities, all of which typically need access to devices, data, apps, and infrastructure, with varying levels of risk and the appropriate level of privilege control. 

Executives, analysts and security teams increasingly recognize the critical importance to the business of securing all machine identities. Only CyberArk offers the capabilities to centrally secure all machine identities – including both certificates and secrets. 

Verizon Business

Verizon offers comprehensive business security services, including network protection, cloud security, threat intelligence, mobile threat defense/management, managed security services, and advanced SOC services. We help organizations protect their data, networks, applications, and employees from cyber threats.

Walmart Global Tech Recruiting

The Walmart Global Tech recruiting booth will host hiring managers within InfoSec who will collect resumes, distribute SWAG and answer questions about working at Walmart/current opportunities.

Wirespeed

Wirespeed is the fastest Managed Detection & Response (MDR) platform in the world. 

Wiz

Wiz transforms cloud security for customers – including 45% of the Fortune 100 – by enabling a new operating model. Our CNAPP empowers security and development teams to build fast and securely by providing visibility into their cloud environments. With Wiz, organizations can prioritize risk and stay agile.

Women in Technology of Northwest Arkansas

The mission of the Women in Technology of Northwest Arkansas (WIT NWA) is to create a community, for women with careers already in technology, to grow together through networking, collaboration, connection, mentorship, and professional development.

World Wide Technology (WWT)

World Wide Technology (WWT) is a leading technology integrator. Through our culture of innovation, we inspire, build and deliver business results, from idea to outcome. We collaborate with our customers to solve business problems using technology, from application development to infrastructure design. Customers have hands-on access to cutting-edge data center, networking, security and collaboration products through WWT’s Advanced Technology Center; technical expertise from an expansive team of engineering resources; and accelerated global product delivery, powered by a sophisticated supply chain management infrastructure. Using our technology centers, customers are able to evaluate, test, develop and integrate technology, all on a global scale.  

By working with a financially strong, privately held systems integrator that ranks among the top tier of partners with Cisco, HPE, Dell Technologies, Microsoft, NetApp, F5, Intel, VMware, Palo Alto Networks, Cohesity, Fortinet and many others, the world’s largest organizations in the public sector, service provider and commercial enterprise markets turn to us for solutions to grow revenue, increase productivity, retain customers, control costs and mitigate risk. Visit wwt.com for more.

Yubico

Yubico is the inventor of the YubiKey, the gold standard in phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA), and a creator and contributor to FIDO open authentication standards. The company is a pioneer in delivering hardware-based passwordless authentication using the highest assurance passkeys to customers in 160+ countries.

Zafran

Zafran Security is creating an entirely new operating model for threat and vuln management. We use your existing defenses and apply your unique IT context, to pinpoint and remediate the risks most likely to be exploited. For most customers, this reduces critical vulns by 90%, freeing up resources to focus on the real risks.

Zafran develops new context, like runtime presence of the vulnerability, reachability of the asset at risk, threat intel, and configuration of your defenses, to prioritize the biggest risks in your environment. Unlike any other approach, Zafran uses these same defenses to quickly mitigate risk so that security teams can take back control of risk management, without waiting on patch cycles.